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Poem by Lyn Lifshin

Illustration by James Conant

But Instead Has Gone Into Woods

A girl goes into the woodsand for what reasondisappears behind branchesand is never heard from again.We don’t really know why,she could have gone shoppingor had lunch with her motherbut instead has gone intowoods, alone, without the lover,and not for leaves or flowers.It was a clear bright dayvery much like today.It was today. Now you mightimagine I’m that girl,it seems there are reasons. Butfirst consider: I don’t livevery near those trees and myhead is already wild with branches